Selector class name and file name

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If I define and declare

class MySelector : TSelector

in a file different from MySelector.{C,h} for example my_selector.{C,h} proof doesn’t start saying that it is not a valid class deriving from TSelector.

Is this behaviour correct?

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Hi,

Yes, it is. When the selector is passed via its filename, the filename is the clue we currently use to guess what the name of the selector class is.

Cheers,
Philippe.

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[quote=“pcanal”]Hi,

Yes, it is. When the selector is passed via its filename, the filename is the clue we currently use to guess what the name of the selector class is.

Cheers,
Philippe.[/quote]

Ok, can you change the error message? Something like “my_selector class not found in file my_selector.C”? I spent a lot of time to understand the meaning of the message, searching for some c++ error in the code.

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Hi,

Thanks for the suggestion. This has been added to the trunk in revision 40603.

Cheers,
Philippe.